Finnish–English dictionary

pistelasku

The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.

pisteliäs

Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.

pistellä

(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

pistely

A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.

pistemäärä

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

pistemäinen

(chiefly, mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points.

pistetilanne

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

pisteyttää

(transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.

pistin

(military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.

pisto

(slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.

pistohaava

A wound made by stabbing.

pistokas

(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

pistoke

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

pistooli

A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.

pistorasia

(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc. [from 19th c.]

pistos

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

pistotulppa

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

pistukka

(electrical) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).

pita

A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

pitää

(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th–17th c.]

pitää (kiinni)

To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.

pitää [[kunnia-asiana]]an

(intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.

pitää aisoissa

(transitive) To check, restrain or control.

pitää ajan tasalla

(idiomatic) To inform (someone) regularly of the latest developments.

pitää arvossa

(transitive) To view as valuable.

pitää ennallaan

To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)

pitää erossa

(figurative) To keep oneself emotionally or socially apart from another person or people; to keep one's distance.

pitää etäisyyttä

(idiomatic) Avoiding a close relationship.

pitää hallussaan

(transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.

pitää hauskaa

To take pleasure in something; to have feelings of enjoyment.

pitää huolta

(transitive, obsolete) To give consideration to (someone or something); to heed, to pay attention, to regard.

pitää huolta itsestään

(intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.

pitää ilmassa

(transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

pitää itsellään

(transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.

pitää itsestään selvänä

(transitive, of a thing) To assume something to be true without verification or proof.

pitää itsestäänselvyytenä

(transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.

pitää jonakin

(transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. [from 16th c.]

pitää kämmenellä

To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.

pitää käsissään

(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.

pitää kellarissa

(transitive) To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.

pitää kiinni

(transitive) To remain faithful to (something or someone); to adhere to (an idea or plan).

pitää kiireisenä

To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.

pitää kiirettä

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

pitää kirjaa

To record bets as bookmaker.

pitää kovasti

(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

pitää kunnossa

(transitive, British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

pitää kuria

(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.

pitää kurissa

(transitive) To check, restrain or control.

pitää lukua

(intransitive) To keep score.

pitää messu

(intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.

pitää mielessä

(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

pitää olalla

(military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.

pitää omana tietonaan

(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.

pitää otteessaan

(intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).

pitää paljon

(transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

pitää palkattuna

(chiefly, law) To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a retainer; specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.

pitää palveluksessaan

To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly, historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.

pitää parempana

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]

pitää pilkkanaan

(transitive) To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.

pitää pinnalla

(transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

pitää pöytäkirjaa

(transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

pitää puhe

To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.

pitää puolta

(rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).

pitää pystyssä

To assume or take responsibility, especially in another's absence.

pitää salassa

To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

pitää serkkuna

(also, reflexive) To regard (oneself or someone) as a cousin to another person.

pitää seuraa

(intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.

pitää sisällään

(transitive) To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).

pitää syöttönsä

(tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.

pitää tallissa

(transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

pitää talven yli

(transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.

pitää tasapainossa

(transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.

pitää tauko

(intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.

pitää vahtia

(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

pitää vallassaan

(transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.

pitää vapaata

(ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.

pitää varastossa

To have on hand for sale.

pitää varattuna

(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

pitää vartiota

(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

pitää yllä

(transitive) To provide for or nourish.

pitäisi

Ought to; expressing expectation.

pitäjä

Pertaining to a parish.

pitaleipä

A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

pitäminen

(exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

pitävä

(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.

pitävästi

In a conclusive manner; with finality.

pitäytyä

(intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.

pitch

An effort to sell or promote something.

pitchata

(transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.

pitelemätön

Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.

pitkä

Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

pitkä ero

(horse racing) Chiefly in by a distance: a space of more than 30 lengths (about 80 yards or 7.3 metres) between two racehorses finishing a race, used to describe the margin of victory; also (archaic) , any space of 240 yards (about 219.5 metres) on a racecourse.

pitkä kiekko

(ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.

pitkäaikainen

Having great duration.

pitkäikäinen

Persisting or enduring for a long time.

pitkäikäisyys

The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

pitkäjalka

Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.

pitkäjänteinen

Spanning a long period of time.

pitkäkestoinen

Persisting or enduring for a long time.

pitkällinen

Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

pitkälti

(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

pitkämielinen

Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint.

pitkän aikavälin

Becoming evident after a relatively long time period.

pitkänomainen

extensive in length (physical distance, or time)

pitkäpiimäinen

Tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose.

pitkästyä

(intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).

pitkästyttää

(transitive) To bore.

pitkätalo

A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.

pitkäveteinen

Boring; not exciting or interesting.

pitkävihainen

(figurative) Having no allowance for weakness.

pitkin

Throughout, over.

pitkin poikin

Crossing one another.

pitkitetty

stretched

pitkittää

(ambitransitive) To extend or lengthen excessively.

pitkittäin

In the long direction of an oblong object.

pitkittäinen

In the long direction of an oblong object.

pitkittäispölkky

(rail transport) A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

pitkittynyt

Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.

pitkulainen

Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially, biology) having a long and slender form.

pito

The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.

pitopalvelu

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

pitopöytä

A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.

pitsa

(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.

pitsata

(transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.

pitsi

(uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.

pitsimäinen

Looking like lace.

pitsinen

Made of lace or decorated with it.

pittoreski

Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting; pleasingly beautiful.

pituus

(theater) A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.

pituusaste

(geography) Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.

pituuspiiri

(geography, astronomy) Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.

pituuspirin suuntainen

(astronomy, geography, meteorology) along a north–south direction, or relative to a meridian; or relating to meridians or a meridian [from 15th c.]

pituussuuntainen

Relating to length.

piuha

A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

pixie

A short haircut.

pizza

(uncountable) A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.

pizzapohja

The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.

pizzeria

A restaurant that bakes and sells pizzas.

Pjongjang

The capital city of North Korea.

pk-yritys

(business) Initialism of small and medium-sized enterprise or small- to medium-sized enterprise.

plääh

An expression of mild frustration.

plaanata

(automotive) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.

plagiaatti

(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

plagiarisoida

(transitive, informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.

plagioida

(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

plagioija

One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief

plagiointi

(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

pläkä

(meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.

plaketti

(countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.

plakki

(countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad on the skin.